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The Tantalizing Photographic Figure at 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair
At the fair, you can trace visual conversations happening across regions of Africa and their diasporic communities.
Jasmine Weber
Jasmine Weber is an artist, writer, and former news editor at Hyperallergic.
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Week in Review: 500 Years Since Leonardo’s Death, Jonas Wood Sale Will Fund Rainforest Conservation
Also, the Asia Society will launch a triennial in 2020, Trevor Paglen's space sculpture has lost contact with engineers on Earth, and more.
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Art Movements
Director John Singleton passed away, the shortlist for the Turner Prize was announced, and more.
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Almost 50 Whitney Biennal Artists Sign Letter Demanding Removal of Warren Kanders from Museum Board
Over 100 artists, including participants of the upcoming biennial, have added their signatures to an open letter released earlier this month calling for the removal of the weapons manufacturer as a vice chair.
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Week in Review: Conserving Nancy Holt’s Land Art, the Louvre Will Buy a Rembrandt
Also, Olu Oguibe's "Monument for strangers and refugees" gets a permanent home in Germany, Chicago launches a "mural registry," and more.
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The Biennale de Lyon has announced the 50+ artists that will take part, and Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian passed away.
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The Continuing Legacy of the Mystical, Political Betye Saar
A 1977 documentary explores how Betye Saar's mythic altars illustrate the personal and political implications of Black identity.
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Week in Review: Isamu Noguchi's Studio Will Open to the Public, Cuban Artists Arrested
Also, Hito Steyerl addresses the Sackler family controversy and opioid epidemic, 30,000 imperial objects were found underneath a zoo in Rio de Janeiro, and more.
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An Overlooked Photographer Who Documented Generations
Chicago-raised photographer John Simmons, who almost lost his entire archive in a fire, seamlessly connects decades, cities, and diasporas.
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Art Movements
Mandy El-Sayegh is now represented by Lehmann Maupin, the 2019 Guggenheim Fellowships have been announced, and more.
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Week in Review: $650M LACMA Redesign Approved, #DontMuteDC Embraces Go-Go Music
Also, the Jewish Museum in Berlin will no longer accept money from the Sacklers, Saatchi Gallery is now a nonprofit, and more.
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Art Movements
Roberta Smith was bestowed the inaugural lifetime achievement award by the Rabkin Foundation, Nathaniel Mary Quinn is now represented by Gagosian, and more.